Wikimedia Foundation salaries

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A table of Wikimedia Foundation salaries based on the public Form 990s, for easy comparison over the years. The amounts reported are for calendar year, not fiscal year.^[1] (Salaries are in United States dollars and base salaries only, excluding "other compensation", which can add as much as $30,000 or more.)
A table of "Salaries and wages" totals from the WMF financial statements, broken down according to different categories.

Trend:

The WMF's "Salaries and wages" total more than doubled over the four most recent years for which statements are available, from $33,731,089 in 2016/2017 to $67,857,676 in 2020/2021.

Executive

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Year	Sue Gardner (ED/advisor)	Lila Tretikov (ED)	Katherine Maher (ED)
2006
2007	75,000^[2]
2008	168,700
2009	222,550
2010	196,878
2011	201,678
2012	202,095
2013	201,685
2014	301,341^[2]^[3]	308,149^[2]
2015		344,336
2016		390,273^[2]^[4]	307,141
2017			358,871
2018			374,658
2019			387,770
2020			406,339
2021			789,495^[5]^[6]

Communications

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Year	Katherine Maher (CCO)	Heather Walls (CCO)
2015	166,353
2016
2017
2018		204,204
2019		212,528
2020		257,361
2021		343,996^[7]^[8]

Legal

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Year	Bradford Patrick (GC, int-ED)	Mike Godwin (GC)	Geoff Brigham (GC)	Kelly Kay (DGC)	Stephen LaPorte (SLC)	Eileen Hershenov (GC)	Anthony Sebro (DGC)	Amanda Keton (GC+Sec)
2006	118,500
2007	40,625^[2]	56,667^[2]
2008		120,450
2009		124,184
2010		140,122
2011			153,456
2012			188,551	153,074
2013			199,470
2014			228,114
2015			258,972
2016			157,195^[2]		134,541^[2]	0^[2]
2017						186,176
2018						281,743^[2]	204,291^[2]
2019							212,977	77,054^[9]
2020							220,393	315,364
2021								396,514

Finance

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Culture

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Year	Cyn Skyberg (CTCO)	Gayle Young (CTCO)	Joady Lohr (CTCO)	Robyn Arville (CTCO)	Joanna McQuade/ Anna Stillwell (CDA)
2011	145,346
2012		163,127
2013		174,550
2014		183,486
2015		183,725^[2]^[10]
2016			178,934
2017			190,856		193,970
2018			205,256
2019			202,482^[11]
2020				278,335
2021				368,800^[12]

Product

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Year	Erik Moeller (DD/VPP)	Tomasz Finc (PD)	Terry Chay (DFE)	Toby Negrin (DE/SDE/CPO^[13])	Margaret Novotny (SDD)	Denny Vrandečić (HSP)	Carol Dunn (VPPM)
2010	125,719	103,598
2011	140,354
2012	155,095
2013	167,439		164,605
2014	192,140			153,699
2015	302,046^[2]^[14]			177,720
2016				192,018
2017				214,504
2018				228,023
2019				237,992	193,557
2020				290,056	220,573
2021				389,948^[15]^[16]	242,379	299,940	241,438

Technology

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Year	Danese Cooper (CTO)	Victoria Coleman (CTO)	Grant Ingersoll (CTO)	CT Woo (DTO)	Erika Bjune (int-CTO/VPE^[17])	Rob Lanphier (DPE/DE)	Trevor Parscal (DOE)	Brion Vibber (KE)	Stanislav Malyshev (SSE)	Damon Sicore (VPE)	Weston Moran (VPE)	Dario Taraborelli (Eng. D)	Tajh Taylor (VPE)
2007								62,473
2008
2009
2010	153,578
2011
2012				146,202
2013				159,644		144,845
2014						153,469
2015									180,499	281,766^[2]^[18]
2016						245,433^[2]^[19]			183,146		221,576
2017		256,399					193,176^[2]^[20]		184,277
2018		268,132^[21]							186,579			183,940^[22]
2019					184,729^[23]
2020			319,337		220,049
2021			214,935^[24]										254,678

Organisational

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Fundraising

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Year	Zack Exley (CCO)	Lisa Seitz-Gruwell (CRO/CAO^[30])
2010	120,500
2011	186,177
2012	184,261
2013
2014
2015		168,067
2016		209,706
2017		216,556
2018		229,170
2019		252,117
2020		281,713
2021		368,301

Grantmaking

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Year	Barry Newstead (CGDO)	Sheree Chang (VPSP)
2011	184,510
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016		184,540
2017
2018
2019
2020

Community

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Year	Luis Villa (SDCE)	Angela Reid (CCE/VPCRS^[31])	Valerie D'Costa (CCE)
2014	152,202
2015
2016
2017		156,101
2018		163,037
2019			273,080^[32]^[33]
2020		221,945

Abbreviations

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Title abbreviations and notes:

CAO: Chief Advancement Officer
CCE: Chief of Community Engagement
CCO: Chief Community Officer
CDA: Chargée d'affaires
CFO: Chief Financial Officer
CGDO: Chief Global Development Officer
COO: Chief Operating Officer
CPO: Chief Product Officer
CRO: Chief Revenue Officer
CTCO: Chief Talent and Culture Officer
CTO: Chief Technology Officer
DD: Deputy Director
DE: Director of Engineering
DFE: Director of Features Engineering
DOE: Director of Engineering
DPE: Director of Platform Engineering
DTO: Director of Technical Operations
DGC: Deputy General Counsel
ED: Executive Director
Eng. D: Engineering Director
GC: General Counsel
KE: Key Employee (note: this is a legal term with a specific meaning in this context; for more information see https://www.nonprofitaccountingbasics.org/form-990-core-form/definition-key-employee)
PD: Project Director
SDCE: Senior Director of Community Engagement
SDD: Senior Director of Design
SDE: Senior Director of Engineering
Sec: Secretary
SLC: Senior Legal Counsel
SSE: Senior Software Engineer
VPCRS: Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability
VPE: Vice President of Engineering
VPSP: Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
int-: Interim

Total salaries per financial statements

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Year	Total	Programs	General and administrative	Fundraising
2004-05	16,930	16,043	-	887
2005-06	107,122	67,974	25,895	13,253
2006-07	415,006	242,635	117,659	54,712
2007-08	1,147,679	575,956	479,078	92,645
2008-09	2,257,621	1,189,115	481,643	586,863
2009-10	3,508,336	2,378,652	531,616	598,068
2010-11	7,312,120	4,860,808	1,618,534	832,778
2011-12	11,749,500	8,021,895	2,407,832	1,319,773
2012-13	15,983,542	11,744,168	2,700,060	1,539,314
2013-14	19,979,908	15,026,534	3,516,451	1,436,923
2014-15	26,049,224	19,893,528	4,272,568	1,883,128
2015-16	31,713,961	24,189,343	4,917,307	2,607,311
2016-17	33,731,089	25,873,873	5,058,508	2,798,708
2017-18	38,597,407	29,415,088	5,785,743	3,396,576
2018-19	46,146,897	36,125,042	6,278,186	3,743,669
2019-20	55,634,912	42,155,739	8,722,777	4,756,396
2020-21	67,857,676	52,020,082	9,732,820	6,104,774
2021-22	88,111,412	69,371,450	11,531,675	7,208,287

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↑ Wikimedia Foundation 2015 Form 990, Part VII: "Report compensation for the calendar year ending with or within the organization's tax year."
↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Partial year.
↑ A detailed breakdown of Sue's salary was provided on wikimedia-l.
↑ Includes $262,500 in severance
↑ Through April 2021
↑ Includes $623,286 in severance
↑ Though July 2021
↑ Includes $153,612 in severance
↑ From September 2019
↑ Includes $98,446 in severance
↑ Director, Human Resources
↑ Through April 2022
↑ DE in 2014-15, SDE in 2016, CPO in 2019-21
↑ Includes $208,306 in severance
↑ Through November 2021
↑ Includes $70,920 in severance
↑ int. CTO in 2019-20, VPE in 2020-21
↑ Includes $100,000 in severance
↑ Includes $101,116 in severance
↑ Includes $64,127 in severance
↑ Through February 2019
↑ Through March 2019
↑ From July 2019
↑ Through August 2021
↑ Includes $80,000 in severance
↑ Through June 2021
↑ Includes $324,748 in severance
↑ Through October 2021
↑ Includes $74,645 in severance
↑ CAO in 2019-21
↑ VPCRS from July 2021
↑ Includes $83,819 in severance
↑ Through November 2019

Year	Veronique Kessler (CFO)	Garfield Byrd (CFA)	Jaime Villagomez (CFO)	Anthony Le (Controller)
2008	105,527
2009	124,574
2010	135,194
2011	166,832	58,956^[2]
2012		155,625
2013		165,336
2014		177,154
2015		161,063^[2]
2016			237,665
2017			264,341	172,292
2018			275,495	183,252
2019			289,356	191,603
2020			308,943
2021			386,433

v t e Wikimedia Foundation finances
Teams and Committees	Finance team Community Resources team Audit Committee Funds Dissemination Committee (inactive)
Revenue	Donations / Fundraising Online fundraising banners Fundraising email campaigns Major gifts Investment income Merchandise income
Expenses	Salaries Grants Internet hosting Donation processing expenses Travel and conferences
Statements	2004 - 2006 2007 2008 FAQ 2009 FAQ 2010 FAQ 2011 PDF 2012 PDF 2013 PDF 2014 2015 2016 FAQ 2017 FAQ 2018 FAQ 2019 FAQ 2020 FAQ 2021 FAQ 2022 FAQ
Form 990s	2005-2006 2006-2007 FAQ 2007-2008 FAQ 2008-2009 FAQ 2009-2010 FAQ 2010-2011 2011-2012 FAQ 2012-2013 FAQ 2013-2014 2014-2015 FAQ 2015-2016 FAQ 2016-2017 FAQ 2017-2018 FAQ 2018-2019 FAQ 2019-2020 FAQ 2020-2021 FAQ 2021-2022 FAQ
FDC proposals	2012-2013 FDC recommendation 2013-2014 FDC recommendation FDC AG recommendation on WMF-FDC process appendix ED response 2014-2015: failed to file 2015-2016, round 1: failed to file FDC recommendation 2015-2016, round 2: annual plan FDC recommendation 2016-2017: annual plan FDC recommendation 2017-2018: failed to file FDC recommendation 2018-2019: failed to file FDC inactive

Wikimedia Foundation salaries - Meta (2024)

Executive

Communications

Legal

Finance

Culture

Product

Technology

Organisational

Fundraising

Grantmaking

Community

Abbreviations

Total salaries per financial statements

See also

Year	Carolyn Doran (COO)	Terence Gilbey (COO)	Janeen Uzzell (COO)	Lynette Logan (Dir of Admin)
2006	45,914
2007	34,500^[2]
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015		250,231^[2]^[25]
2016
2017
2018
2019			282,752
2020			314,718
2021			503,844^[26]^[27]	242,889^[28]^[29]